Chief Science Officers: A Strategy for Student Awareness and Industry Engagement

首席科学官：学生意识和行业参与的策略

• 批准号: 1615209
• 负责人: Jeremy Babendure
• 金额: $ 119.63万
• 依托单位: Institute for Learning Innovation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1615209&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Chief; Science; Officers; Strategy; Student

This Innovative Technology Experience for Teachers and Students project provides an innovative new model for increasing student interest in STEM careers and active engagement of business and industry partners with grade 6-12 aged youth in Arizona. The Chief Science Officers (CSO) program expands on the student government model to select one or several youth at each participating middle or high school who would champion campus-wide interest, engagement and communication in STEM. On campus, CSOs would identify opportunities for speakers, field trips, and science nights. Off campus, CSOs would participate in community forums and function as the point person for community initiatives in STEM. Key deliverables include CSO training, on-going mentoring, media materials/guides, and on-going community programming. Approximately 100 schools and 200 CSOs will be involved each year of the 3-year project. Numerous businesses will participate in mentoring and community events. The research would provide insights into how the investment in a small and select group of youth can achieve measurable results for a much larger population of students and communities. Key research questions are: Does the presence of a CSO within a school significantly raise interest in STEM among the general student body? Does the active cohort of CSOs within a community increase participation of businesses and industries? Outcomes will be measured using a quasi-experimental, pre-post design with a treatment group of 4000 participants and a control group of 1000.

这个创新的技术经验为教师和学生项目提供了一个创新的新模式，以提高学生对STEM职业的兴趣，并与亚利桑那州6-12岁的青年积极参与商业和行业合作伙伴。 首席科学官（CSO）计划扩展了学生政府的模式，在每个参与的中学或高中选择一个或几个青年，他们将在STEM中支持整个校园的兴趣，参与和交流。 在校园里，民间社会组织将确定演讲，实地考察和科学之夜的机会。 在校外，民间社会组织将参加社区论坛，并担任STEM社区倡议的负责人。 主要交付成果包括CSO培训、持续辅导、媒体材料/指南和持续社区规划。 每年约有100所学校和200个民间社会组织参与这一为期三年的项目。 许多企业将参加辅导和社区活动。这项研究将使人们深入了解，对一小批选定的青年进行投资，如何能够为更多的学生和社区取得可衡量的成果。关键的研究问题是：CSO在学校内的存在是否显著提高了普通学生对STEM的兴趣？ 一个社区内活跃的民间社会组织群体是否增加了企业和行业的参与？ 将采用准实验性前后设计测量结果，治疗组4000名参与者，对照组1000名。